Party size bag of chips and garage sales

I had a really busy week.  Father's Day...

My dad hates this dog by the way.  She ...loves him.  Isn't life funny that way?

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 Having my 12 year old niece for a visit ( burying dead chicks,

                                                                        

Manicures

  jewelery making, farkel, and fireworks.), the start of summer activities, and work. 

 So I feel like I have accomplished alot this week and am glad it is the weekend.   ( Although, it really doesn't matter what day of the week it is to me because I work weekends).   

   I polished off a party size  bag of  chips in 3 days, and went to a garage sale today.   I don't usually make it to garage/yard sales, but I do know that if you snooze you loose.   So I was up and Adam this A.M., on a mission to find a night stand.   I did!  Amongst a few other cool things. 

 including a gong. 

This one is a replica of the gong used by Chao Khao ( Hilltribe) peoples that live in the highlands of Thailand and the Golden Triangle.   It was supposedly purchased in the 1950's by a man in the navy that was stationed in Japan.   It is/was used to call the public to Weddings and things.  HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

 Cool metal plates and a bowl, that will be perfect for picnicking, light weight and unbreakable.  (unless used for target practice.)  We do shoot at things like this here in Idaho.

And this um,  beautiful wood stump with a gold plated bird...I'm calling it a vase.  I really don't know what it is supposed to be technically, but a glass fits inside it perfectly so it makes a really nice vase.

When I saw this night stand,

  I knew I had to have it.  I also instantly saw it's reformation. 

I knew right away that I was going to paint it. And I did, right away.  I painted a thin coat of white.  ' Thin coat' mainly because I don't have a paint brush big enough so i used a sponge.  I used ceramcoat in " Ivory".  Then I put a coat over that with "North Sea".    After that dried I started sanding. 

 The cool thing was that since it started with a dark base I had three colors to work with.  I think it turned out nicely.

I ended up doing a little experiment (marbling...  I didn't have the right paint), on the top that didn't quite work out.  So it is darker than the rest , but I thought it looked okay as it was.  So I didn't fix it.